Usage Score
4
Player Dossier
2015-2020Maryland
Shaq Smith
LB • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shaq Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Efficiency
18.5
Consistency
56.2
Season Value
28.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Clemson • Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Shaq Smith, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Clemson. Shaq Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Shaq Smith played LB for Clemson and Maryland. Across 6 tracked seasons, Shaq Smith recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Clemson paired 1 primary output with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Maryland.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
18.5
Usage
4
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 2. Temple: 0. Penn State: 1. Rutgers: 1.5. Purdue: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 1. Nebraska: 2. Michigan State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 3 by 32.5. Temple: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 4 by 26.7. Rutgers: 7 by 44.2. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 2 by 18.3. Nebraska: 1 by 24.2. Michigan State: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.6 · Games = 8
First Half0.9 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · Games = 10
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
Best efficiency game
44.2 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Michigan State | L 16-19 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Nebraska | L 7-54 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ohio State | L 14-73 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Michigan | L 7-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Minnesota | L 10-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Purdue | L 14-40 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Rutgers | W 48-7 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Penn State | L 0-59 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Temple | L 17-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Unknown | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Clemson
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Maryland
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Progression
2015201620172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 10 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Clemson | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 8.5 | 18.5 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | -8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.2 takeover score.
#2
Notre Dame
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.1 takeover score.
#3
Unknown
1
Primary metric
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.
#4
Rutgers
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.
#5
Nebraska
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2016 Regular Season · Clemson
1 primary output · 10 efficiency · 0 usage
28.5
#2
2019 Regular Season · Maryland
28.2
8.5 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Clemson
8.3
3.5 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2015 · Rating 0.9104
Dominion · Sterling, VA
- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Career Facts
2
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
52
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 27 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.